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WERNER ITSOHNER,'OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 96,812, 'elated November 16, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING- HORSES FROM KICKING- IN THE STABLE. Y

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it 'may concern.-

Be it known that I, WERNER ITscHNER, of Philadelphia,coi1nty of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,

paratus, which punishes the horse every time he is kicking against it, without'hurting him seriously.

This is done by a suitablenumber of balls, filed on agstring, and suspended near the place where thel horse is kept.

When he kicks, he must strike the string, the balls will swing back, but recoil at'once, and strike the animal two or three times in `quick succession.

This punishment Vcornes so quick and so regular after each kicking, that the horse soon gets convinced that it is of no use trying again his vicious pranks.

To enable others skilled in the art to Vmake and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

AI have a number of balls, a a, a a a a, a a a a a, prepared, of about three inches diameter, perforated in the centre, and file them on a string, b, which is provided on each end with 'a hook, c c.

For manufacturing these balls, I prefer soft wood, but any other material can be used which is heavy enough to make the shock felt, and to cause. some pain, when striking against the body of a horse, but not so ponderous as to hurt him seriously by the recoil of the balls.

This contrivauce can be used in three different ways.

First, by stretching it at a proper height, at nighttime, across `the stable-walk A, from the division? posts l d, which mark the entrance to the dierent stalls, to a point opposite, on the stable-wall, e figs. 1 and 3. Usually, horses kept in stables are somewhat loosened at nightfall, in order that they may lie down. This enables them to reach each other with their hind legs, and, consequently, there is-very often much biting and kicking between them during the night. The results are, disliguring scratches on the legs of the horses, and trouble to the host-ler, Whose sleep is disturbed. :All thisinay be avoided by using my invention. The balls, suspended in the aforesaid manner, at a suitable height across the stable-walk, recede, when the horse kicks against them, but they swing back instantly, and punish the horse until he stops kicking. In the morning, the balls can be hung back to the eyes ff, into the wall, as shown in fig. that they may be out otthe way.

Second', to cure vicious horses from kicking against persons passingr through thestable, in day-time, I use 1n yinvention in the following manner: l stretch the string, with the balls, from one division-post of the stall to the other, as shown in lig. 2, when, every tir'ne the horse kicks against a person passing through the stable, he receives his just pnnishment'by the balls `striking his hind legs .with considerable force. Experience has shown that this cures hi's viciousness much bett-er than it can be done by somebody Vbeating. him, in anger.

Third, the same contrivance can, with great advantage, be used" for divisions between the horses,instead of the board divisions now used in horse-stables. In this case, I use only a heading of boards, to keep the heads of the horses separate, and for the board division, I substitute the string of balls, suspended between that heading and the division-post. This makes a first-class, cheap, and airystable-division; It gives more room to the horses; they cannot scratch against it, uor kick it to pieces, like a common board division.; they can easier lie dow'n and get up,and, at the same time, they will be perfectly safe.

'In most cases, one iowof balls, hung up at a proper height, will be suilicient, but, it' desirable, two rows may be used for the same purpose.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The apparatus, consisting of a suitable number-of balls, a a a a a a d,.or their equivalents, the string b,

and the hooks c c, substantially in the manner and for the'purposes as set forth. y

WERNER ITSCHNER.

Witnesses HEBRMANN SPOERKY, ALBERT RENE. 

